On this day: December 16

2013: Country music singer-songwriter and guitarist Ray Price, best known for songs such as "Release Me," "Crazy Arms," "Heartaches by the Number," "For the Good Times" and "Night Life," dies of pancreatic cancer at age 87 in Mount Pleasant, Texas.

Beethoven is born, the colonials enjoy a tea party in Boston, the Battle of the Bulge begins, Jimi Hendrix releases his first single, and MTV premieres Nirvana's "Unplugged" performance, all on this day.